Card-cutting attachment for printing-presses.



I 'No. 687,463. Patented Nov. 26,190l.

' W. F. SPEIGHT.

CARD CUTTING ATTACHMENT FOB PRINTING PBESSES.

(Application filed Mar 21, 1901,) I

(No Model.)

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WINCHESTER FRANKLIN SPEIGHT, OF AUSTIN, TEXAS.

CARD-CUTTING ATTACHMENT FOR PRINTING-PRESSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 687,463, dated November26, 1901.

Application filed March 21, 1901. Serial No. 52,230. (No model.)

To (ZZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WINCHESTER FRANKLIN SPEIGHT, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Austin, in the county of Travis and State of Texas,have invented a new and useful Card-Cutting Attachment for Printing-Presses, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the art of cutting cards from a blank ofpaper, and has for its object to provide a card-cutting attachment forapplication to printing-presses and arranged to be set up in an ordinarychase in the manner of an electrotype. It is furthermore designed toarrange for the interchange of a plurality of dies, so as to vary theshape or design of the cards to be out, and also to provide foreflectually ejecting the cut cards from the die, so as to automaticallymaintain the latter free and in condition for action during thesuccessive operations of the press.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter morefully described, shown in the accompanying drawings,-and particularlypointed out in the appended claim, it being understood that changes inthe form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within thescope of the claim without departing from the spirit or sacrificing anyof the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the present device.Fig. 2 is a central sectional view thereof.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in bothfigures of the drawlugs.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the base or body of the presentdevice, which is preferably in the form of a rectangular block of anysuitable material, preferably metal, so as to present a strong and solidbacking to the removable die 2, which is fitted flat against the upperface of the body. The die is formed of metal in any desired shape andconsists of an upstanding marginal cutting rim or flange 3, which isdesigned to'cut the card from a blank of paper. The back edge of the dieis flat, so as to rest flat against the block 1, and is provided with aplurality of screw-threaded studs or pins 4, which are passed throughcorresponding perforations in the block, the

outer ends of the pins terminating substantially midway between the topand bottom faces of the body 1, and the bottom of the latter havingenlarged sockets or recesses 5 formed at the ends of the perforationsfor the reception of the nuts 6, that are fitted to the ends of the pinsthat project into the sockets.

, By this arrangement the back of the block or body is free fromprojections and the die is fixedly connected to the block. The middle ofthe block is provided with a perforation for the loose reception of anejector-pin 7, that has its upper end provided with an enlargedplate-like head 8, which lies within the die. The lower end of theejector-pin projects into a socket 9, formed in the bottom of the baseor body 1, and is provided with a longitudinal screw-threaded openingfor the reception of a removable-headed screw 10 to prevent upwardendwise displacement of the ejector. The upper end portion of the pinprojects a suitable distance above the upper face of the body, so thatthe disk or head 8 may normally lie in a-plane slightly above oroutwardly from the upper cutting edge of the die, and is elasticallyyieldably held in this position by means ofa spring, preferably a coiledspring 11, embracing the upper end portion of the ejector-pin andbearing in opposite directions against the top of the base and the underside of the ejector-head.

In using the present device it is set up in a chase in the manner of anordinary electrotype or the like, the thickness of the body and theadded height of the cutting-flange of the die being exactly type-high,so that in the operation of the machine the paper, cardboard, or thelike is pressed against the die, whereby the cutting-flange cuts out acard corresponding to the shape of the die, and after the pressure isremoved from the die the ejector automatically springs outwardly anddisplaces the card from the die, so that it may be in condition foranother operation.

It will be understood that the die is in the form of a marginal flange,there being no bot tom or back closing the interior of the flange, andthe pins 4 extend from the bottom or back edge of the flange, which backedge is flat, so as to rest evenly against the base or body, and theupper cutting edge of the flange is beveled inwardly from the outer sidethereof to form a cutting edge flush with the inner,

side of the flange. Also it is designed to seat the spring 11 in acorresponding socket or depression 12, formed in the top of the body andsurrounding the central opening therein, so as to prevent lateralmovement of the spring.

What is claimed is A cardcutting attachment for printingpresses,comprising a block or body having a plurality of perforations formedtransversely 'therethrough, with enlarged sockets formed in the bottomof the body and at the lower ends of the perforations, a die consistingof a marginal flange resting against the upper face of the body andsurrounding the perforations therein, and provided with a plurality ofscrew-threaded studs or pins inserted through the correspondingperforations in theiliibody and terminating within the respective sockets, nuts removably applied to the lower ends of the pins and lyingWithin the sockets, an

ejector-pin slid-ably extending through a central perforation in thebody, the upper end of the pin having an enlarged ejector-head, and thelower end having a nut applied thereto and fitting in the adjacentsocket and forming a stop to limit the upward movement of the pin, and aspring bearing in opposite directions against the body'and the head ofthe ejector-pin.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WINOHLS'IERv FRANKLIN SPEIGIIT.

Witnesses:

W. W. WILLIAMS, J12, T, S. MELTON.

